Mountain Man - Fish

^CIt was the dark of dawn as we went ^Amthere There was chill of bone and brisk of ^Cair And the ^Ampale glow of the sun Pulled us, in all speed, to^C come

^CFrom the boat we heard that lonely ^Amcall That carries wide and silences ^Call There I ^Amsat with oar in hand As half of me fell away into ^Csand

^CThen freely and ^Amstealthily A ^Cgreat green moving muscle sleek Took ^Amhold the line and dove deep ^CDown

And I ^Empulled And ^Cwhat I saw I'd never seen What ^Amcame to light the ^Emglowing green ^CHeaving, ^Ambreathing ^Clight I l^Amooked into its ^Ceye

^CAnd suddenly as quick it ^Amcame A f^Clash, a gleam, a hungry ^Amdream The ^Emline went slack and ^Amwe turned back To the s^Emhelter of the darkened ^Cpines